Doodles and Finished Pieces

[Star]

I'm going to be serious, though, star-bro

while your execution is really good, I think I understand why they chose that guy's desingn over yours. His design transmits more fun than yours, imo. A festival should transmit fun, and really, yours isn't exactly /fun/. It's two crawfishes posing in front of a map of the state. It looks great, but it isn't as colorful and fun-inducing as the winner piece. That's my honest opinion though.

Also, one thing that I learnt with those type of compos is that people don't really care for technique, but more for the idea AND the caricature-ish feel of the piece. I remember my sister participating on a compo to design the city's sports mascot. She did a small girl with elaborated clothing that resembled sports elements and it was the cutest thing (referencing the city's 'the little princess of the state' status), but the winner design was a plain parrot.

Thank you for your feedback, Gors-bro(and being honest of course), and as well as everyone else's. The only thing I don't understand the problem with mine is the color. I made a print of it a while back(for a gallery I'm having), and the colors were pretty vivid imo. I can understand the "spirit" of mine lacking compared to the winner's. After all, it is just two crawfish slapped on a state. If I had more time, I would've done something more energetic and fancy, but I'll just get ready for next year. I hate to hear about what happened with your sister though.. ) : It sounded like a really innovative and creative idea and I hate to see such ideas lose to something so simple as a Parrot. I understand the concept of contests(strive more for the idea than what kind of techniques were used).. it's just the reason I kinda raged that this one won is well:
1. It looks very generic. If you've seen the past posters, it looks just about the same as past ones. Doesn't even look like he tried to be all that creative.
2. As others were saying, you can actually tell this did not take long to make as shown in how the buildings and the gradient backgrounds were made. I believe a person should have to work for something to gain it..but that's just me.
3. ...Crawfish boobies lol not really serious about this one but it's fun to poke at..if you catch my drift